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I did not realise 44T lorries go that fast?
Phew! Just getting back after a very long day driving up and down this lovely country, weather got appreciably worse from Nottingham down to Huntingdon. Coming off the latest bit of the revised A14 we had been ambling along at 60 + mph and we were not pulling closer to 44T lorry, he was getting away. Foreign plate he started to brake heavily. Unfortunately he was heading our way too. No signals he just decided he was taking a left at same time as us. A bit scary.
Looked a bit unpredictable so assumed his sat Nav had given up on him with the new A1198 / A14 junction, again no signal but he was in the left hand lane, pretty obvious he was going to head back North to Godmanchester.......well I thought so. Now I was at this time pulling upto his cab to take a right and head South. I have no idea what made me brake but instead of him taking to the A1198 North he decided to head South round the roundabout cutting right in front of me as that unearthly being suggested I stop dead.
I just wish that our van had a camera because what came next left all three of us cringing as he swapped to the right hand side of the new double roundabouts just South of Wood Green Animal Shelter going around the wrong way. I stopped dead again thinking he will be head on now with me! Silence then a lot of cursing at his impudence for he then so we thought must be on for a U turn back on A14. Oh no, this driver carried on South right into oncoming Northbound traffic. Swerving back he missed the cars and HGV’s I know not how. We stayed well back alerted the police he was 60+ on single carriageway down to Papworth where we went separate ways and I thought all HGV’s are limited to 56mph well clearly not the case.
Undoubtedly the worst driving I have ever seen.
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your 101 response must be better than round here. someone recently reported 3 hours plus.
I always go the 999 route with a road incident that is enough to bother me ... bricks in the carriageway for instance. If you've ever seen debris flicked up by a vehicle ahead, you'd be on the same wavelength..
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9th Mar 2020 11:13 pm
Dimcandle
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First thing to remember is that HGVs are running on a calibrated speedo.
Your car isn't, your indicated 60mph may well be a genuine 56mph
The lorry has its limiter calibrated every two years but you can gain a Mike or two per hour from new tyres in between
However limiters can be tinkered with, illegally, and some HGVs are pulling a serious amount of horsepower these days
We routinely remap lorries to gain horsepower and economy
Perhaps, just perhaps, after 1st January all lorries in UK will require to have a UK registered tractor unit and a UK qualified driver. . . ?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
10th Mar 2020 9:35 am
maxbasscat
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When I say I was 60+ I did factor in 10% , I was closer to 70mph and seeing him move away from me on the A14. He had slowed at old A14 junction. Assuming I was recording 68 mph +/- 10% for the sake of argument ( I tend to set CC at 68) I might be 62 or 73 give or take well over where a 44T lorry should be anyway. New tyres or low pressure at testing/calibration the old tricks are best D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
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10th Mar 2020 11:52 am
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Dimcandle wrote:
However limiters can be tinkered with, illegally, and some HGVs are pulling a serious amount of horsepower these days
We routinely remap lorries to gain horsepower and economy
My rigids run upwards of 400 horsepower
Is remapping a recognised modification by your insurer?Richard
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10th Mar 2020 12:27 pm
lynalldiscovery
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You sure he was not Iirsh using his must make the ferry button?
Ps if defo EE motor, 99 percent are 2 axled, so will be 40 ton.
10th Mar 2020 1:45 pm
maxbasscat
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10th Mar 2020 5:25 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Out with his magic magnet
10th Mar 2020 5:28 pm
Dimcandle
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rrhool wrote:
Dimcandle wrote:
However limiters can be tinkered with, illegally, and some HGVs are pulling a serious amount of horsepower these days
We routinely remap lorries to gain horsepower and economy
My rigids run upwards of 400 horsepower
Is remapping a recognised modification by your insurer?
Yes, no issue at all
Doesn't even add to the premium and they are more than happy to accommodate
In many ways we run highly modified vehicles anyway, our entire fleet is refrigerated so we don't have a single vehicle that runs as it left the factory. They are all heavily modified from factory spec anyway
10th Mar 2020 5:39 pm
Dimcandle
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Navigator wrote:
Perhaps, just perhaps, after 1st January all lorries in UK will require to have a UK registered tractor unit and a UK qualified driver. . . ?
The whole point of Drivers CPC's was the EU's attempt to make sure drivers across the continent were all qualified to the same level
Doesn't work!
I won't employ Hungarian/Romanian drivers.
Simply because of the large instances of forged licence's and CPC's
Thats before we get in to tachograph fraud.....
10th Mar 2020 5:43 pm
Dimcandle
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Sitting on cruise control in a DAF in the middle of the night, long downhill stretch on an empty motorway.
Only noticed when the Satnav started flashing red
To be fair, the old girl was incredibly smooth and quiet, just gently crept past the limiter by itself
However limiters can be tinkered with, illegally, and some HGVs are pulling a serious amount of horsepower these days
We routinely remap lorries to gain horsepower and economy
My rigids run upwards of 400 horsepower
Is remapping a recognised modification by your insurer?
Insurer I doubt will be interested, they never bother us, so many changes made to commercial vehicles after they leave the factory. Normally they ask for total cost of the vehicle when it goes on the road.
10th Mar 2020 7:48 pm
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Wonder what a 44 ton electric one will be like in a few years as speed and weight of load will be interesting.
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Oh no, this driver carried on South right into oncoming Northbound traffic. Swerving back he missed the cars and HGV’s I know not how. We stayed well back alerted the police he was 60+ on single carriageway down to Papworth where we went separate ways and I thought all HGV’s are limited to 56mph well clearly not the case.
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